कणः [kaṇḥ] 1 A grain, a single seed; तण्डुलकणान्
[H.1;] कणान् वा भक्षयेदब्दम्
[Ms.11.93.] An atom or particle (of anything).
A very small quantity; द्रविण˚
[Śānti. 1.19;3.5.] A grain of dust. रजःकणैः खुरोद्धूतैः
[R.1.] 85; or of pollen; ईषद्बद्धरजःकणाग्रकपिशा
[V.2.7.] A drop (of water) or spray; कणवाही मालिनीतरङ्गाणाम्
[Ś.3.7;] अम्बु˚, अश्रु˚; उद्यानानां नवजलकणैर्यूथिकाजालकानि
[Me.26,47,] 71;
[Amaru.54.] An ear of corn.
Spark (as of fire).
The spark or facet of a gem.
Flake (of snow).
श्वेतजीरक; cf. 'कणोऽतिसूक्ष्मे धान्यांशे पिप्पल्यां जीरके शरे'
[Nm.] णा A kind of fly.
Long pepper.
Cumin seed.
णी An atom, a drop.
A kind of corn.
The plant Premna Spinosa or Longifolia.
A crocodile; Gīrvāṇa. -Comp.
-अदः, -भक्षः, -भुज्m. a nickname given to the philosopher who propounded the Vaiśeṣika system of philosophy (which may be said to be a 'doctrine of atoms').
-अन्न a. a. one whose food consists of grains. ˚ता the state of one who is made to live on grains; द्वादशाहं कणान्नता
[Ms.11.] 167.
-गुग्गुलः a kind of plant.
-जीरः a white kind of cumin seed.
-जीरकम् small cumin seed.
-धूमः A kind of penance;
[Matsya P.] -प्रियः A sparrow.
-भक्षः, -भक्षकः, -भुज् m. m. N. of Kaṇāda.
-भक्षकः a kind of bird.
-लाभः a whirlpool.
-वीरकः A kind of arsenic (Mar. मनशीळ); Gīrvāṇa.